Tavern employees asked Bouchard to leave the premises earlier in the evening, but he refused, according to Chief Tom Pelletier.

Officer Lapierre arrested Bouchard, who was intoxicated and combative, Pelletier said. The officer charged Bouchard with disorderly conduct and violation of conditions of release.

Police had also received several calls earlier in the evening of a man standing in the roadway and stopping traffic on Market Street. During his investigation of the incident at Bee Jay’s, Officer Lapierre determined that it was Bouchard who was the subject of those earlier phone calls.

Police transported Bouchard to the Caribou Jail, and he will later be transported to the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton.

Bouchard will appear at Fort Kent District Court on Monday, March 5.

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